The global recession continues to create new realities for students, institutions, and faculty members engaged in higher education. This blog chronicles those changes for academic / historical record purposes. Click on the URL at the end of each posting to view the complete news report.

Friday, December 11, 2015

Faculty members are crying foul over Memorial University of Newfoundland’s decision to eliminate thousands of journal subscriptions next year to cut costs. CBC News reports the institution will stop its subscriptions to about 2,500 of the approximately 80,000 journals it receives starting in January. The university’s head librarian, Lorraine Busby, told CBC News that the library simply does not have enough money to maintain the subscriptions. “We really don’t want to be doing this,” she said. The university’s administration solicited faculty feedback in deciding which subscriptions to end, but some professors say the process was not transparent enough.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/university-slashes-thousands-of-journal-subscriptions-spurring-faculty-fears/107205